The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-11-11

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eyes," she answered; ..that Isl
longing to gain little time), ''sho
left me over . month ago" Here she
paused. and the pity that was in her
heart crept into her face. and Nicholas
perceived it.
LEES any ting com at hare?' he
asked, in an awe-struck tone. ICES
she died?''
mo. my poor fellow" answered
Mrs. Loring. laying her delicate white
hand kindly on his big red one. 'Sit
down a minute, and try to be brave
and strong. for have something very
hard to tell you."
Nicholas obeyed. his weather-beatcn
cheeks blanching under the brown. and
his honest blue eyes holding SO much
wondering distress in them that Mrs.
Loring's task became indeed hard.
at is better to know the worst than
to wait" she said. "Tilda has been
very cruel and untruthful to you, and
she is married to an" A heavy
groan arrested her words. She had
spoken with averted eyes. shrinking
from gazing upon the pain she was
giving. Now she saw that he had sunk
forward in limp heap. head and
shoulders buried in his arms upon the
table. Perfect silence followed the
groan, and Mrs. Loring respected it;
but rs minutes passed, and he neither
moved nor made sound. she spoke to
HIM. Receiving no answer. she touched
his shoulder: he did not move. Then
she knew the big man had tainted.
There WAS ice-water in the dining
room, and quickly getting glass. she
turned his head so as to bring the face
outward, and dashed little III it. The
effect was immediate. He opened his
eyes and lifted his head. For mo-
ment he was quite dazed; then all
came back to him, and he staggered to
his feet.
II will go.' he said. heavily. half
feeling, half looking about him for his
hat.
mo. indeed, my poor fellow!" ex-
claimed Mrs Loring; mot yet You
must let me warm you some tea before
you go out; I am afaid you are not
WELL" And she motioned him to sit
down. Thenhe saw the splash of water
on the table and the front of her dress
for she had spilled it in running), and
putting his hand to his shirt collar, felt
it there. He thought an instant, and
the meaning came to him.
Il hev mex trOOble." he said.
humbly; Il hev trayvel SO far, an 1
have sometime not eat mush, an mar
heart dey's gone;" and his voice broke.
Mrs. Loring was putting the tea on
the stove as he spoke. After stirring
the fire she sat down by him. II am
so sorry for YOU" she said. earnestly.
Il wish l could help you bear your
troubles. but am afraid nobody can;
but Tilda has been wicked and tickle,
| and you must try to forget her."
Nicholas WINGED; he could not hear
the rosy little woman that had so long
been dear to him harshly spoken of
even now. '.Ef you please, Meesis
LO'ing, mebbc some mar letters been
los. Mebbe see tink forgat hare, de
vway so lots oddcr mans does"
Mrs. Loring thought Indignation
would be good tonic. and replied:
mo; she received every one of your let
ter-One every two weeks till she was
married.; and since. for what l know.
But she said she couldn't wait for Il
man that loved his father and mother
more than her.
The diversion was partly successful.
"Ah. mar poor ole moder!' he ex-
claimed. the blood mounting to his
face. I'm breeng hare fom all whut
dc tings see know, an fom uvrytings
see love. for Tilda. An VIC leev mar
fader in deys grave fen deys Likkista
[cofiin] flowers is not dead, for Tilda!
All, see never love mer'
NO." said Mrs. Loring. "rm afraid
she never knew what true love was.
And your father is dead? Tell me
about it."
Tank you." he said. "Dey's one
mont sence he die. He been seek
uver sence fen dat time day SEN for
me. Dey's par'rsis he hev. He
kenenty walk. he kenenty do noting
wild hees hands, he kenenty eat heself.
an all whit tings he knows ees fen
he's hungry. an he's beeg as me. an
mar modcr kenenty leef 'em, so got
to stay. Den dat bank fare hev all
money whit hev save, dey break, an
got no money; an l kencnty work
musch fen my fader seek, and fen he die
we hcv debt and trooblc togeddcr We
hev small lands, an tale mar moder
We sell uvry thing an come to America.
See cry an cry; but tale see hev
promise. an love Tilda, an see hev
vwatcd longer time, so mar moder
com. Ven We hev sell all an pay de
debts We heventy mush. an fen We got
tickets on de steamer an dc cars, We
got so leetle lef' dat all de way comm
We kenent eat mush-so l am a schild
| yust now"
''You are man-every inch-and a
good man." exclaimed Mrs. Loring.
with her eyes full of tears" and girl
like Tilda don't deserve You. FELL me
where your good old mother is, and l
will go to see her tomorrow. You are
sober and Industrious. and you will
soon have plenty of work. and till you
get it You must let US help you. You
can pay back every cent we lend you
with interest if you want to-" she